• Our Proposal

    Washington and Andhra Pradesh is known for large leading businesses and agriculture growing to an higher extent and areas of collaboration keep on increasing.We would like to propose a potential tie-up between State of Washington-USA and State of Andhra Pradesh-India.
    The current growth in both the State’s is significantly growing in all areas of Industries, Services, Tourism and Business relationships are taken to a different height.Industries, Agricultural, Business, Education Tourism are the major sectors which would be benefitted from this.
  • Education
    Washington State is highly committed to improving and improvising Education. As of the 2008-2009 school years, 1,040,750 students were enrolled in schools in Washington, with 59,562 teachers employed to educate them.
    There are approximately 295 school districts as of 2009, 6 State Universities & Colleges, 25 Private Universities and 31 community colleges and still continuing to grow. State and large corporations are investing significant amounts of money to improve education.International US Universities are continuing to grow and expand Internationally. Universities like Kaplan, Kellogg, American school of Business have prepared online courses and curriculum for addressing the local need in India. Similarly other Universities in America have started planning on entering India and setting up their infrastructure and plan to bring US style of education into the local student community. Universities like Washington State University should focus on entering this space.
    • Andhra Pradesh is served by more than 20 institutes of higher education. All major arts, humanities, science, engineering, law, medicine, business and veterinary science are offered, leading to first degrees as well as postgraduate awards. Advanced research is conducted in all major areas. Andhra Pradesh has 1330 arts, science and commerce colleges; 1000 MBA and MCA colleges; 500 engineering colleges; and 53 medical colleges. The student to teacher ratio is 19:1 in higher education. According to the 2001 census, Andhra Pradesh has an overall literacy rate of 60.5%. While the male literacy rate is at 70.3%, the female literacy rate is only at 50.4%, a cause for concern. Andhra Pradesh spends large amount of money in improving the Education Sector to compete with other states and improve the quality of education. Apart from the local schools, colleges and Universities, The state has given opportunity to other institutions to come and setup their facility and infrastructure to broaden the horizons of education and extend this to the state population. The State is home to the prestigious International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, National Institute of Technology NIT Warangal, NALSAR University of Law, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, (BITS Pilani), University of Hyderabad (Hyderabad Central University) and the Indian School of Business (ISB) and these are gaining national attention for their standards.
  • Agriculture
    Washington is a leading agricultural state. Washington's agricultural products value is approximately $5.79 billion and continuing to grow and is 11th highest in the country. The total value of its crops was $3.8 billion, the 7th highest. The total value of its livestock and specialty products was $1.5 billion, the 26th highest. The apple industry is very large and of most importance to Washington. The favorable climate of dry, warm summers and cold winters of central Washington is best suited for apples and other products.
    The two large areas of production are: the Wenatchee–Okanogan region (comprising Chelan, Okanogan, Douglas, and Grant counties), and the Yakima region (Yakima, Benton and Kittitas counties). In 2004, Washington ranked first in the nation in production of red raspberries (90.0% of total U.S. production), wrinkled seed peas (80.6%), hops (75.0%), spearmint oil (73.6%), apples (58.1%), sweet cherries (47.3%), pears (42.6%), peppermint oil (40.3%), Concord grapes (39.3%), carrots for processing (36.8%), and Niagara grapes (31.6%). Washington also ranked second in the nation in production of lentils, fall potatoes, dry edible peas, apricots, grapes (all varieties taken together), asparagus (over a third of the nation's production), sweet corn for processing, and green peas for processing; third in tart cherries, prunes and plums, and dry summer onions; fourth in barley and trout; and fifth in wheat, cranberries, and strawberries.
    Agriculture has been the chief source of income for the state's economy. Four important rivers of India, the Godavari, Krishna, Penna and Thungabhadra flow through the state, providing irrigation. Rice, sugarcane, cotton, mirchi (chilli pepper), mango and tobacco are the local crops. Recently, crops used for vegetable oil production such as sunflower and peanuts have gained favor. There are many multi-state irrigation projects in development, including Godavari River Basin Irrigation Projects and Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, the world's highest masonry dam.
    •  More than 77% of its crop is rice; Andhra Pradesh produced 17,796,000 tons of rice in 2006.
    •   Andhra Pradesh is also known for corn hybrids , Sunflowers, and mustard.
    •  Biotechnology research in Andhra Pradesh has gone to a new height and focuses on increasing agricultural yields for local farmers.
    •  The State also invests a lot in Advance Research and Development especially in pharmaceuticals, bioinformatics and genetics.
  • Business
    In 2007 total gross state product for Washington was $311.5 billion, placing it 14th in the nation. The per capita personal income in 2007 was $41,203, 10th in the nation.
    The state is also known for having significant amounts of hydroelectric power generation and one of the largest. The state is also known for having one of the largest ports in country where significant amounts of trade with Asia pass through the ports of Puget Sound.
    •  Significant business within the state include
    1.Design and Manufacture of Jets and Aircrafts – Boeing
    2.Information Technology and Software Development – Microsoft, Amazon, Nintendo of America, Valve Corporation.
    3.Biotechnology, Aluminum Production, Lumber and Wood - Weyerhaeuser

    •  Fortune magazine survey of the top 20 Most Admired Companies in the US has 4 Washington based companies in it.
    1.Starbucks
    2.Microsoft
    3.Costco and Nordstrom
  • Tourism
    Washington is located in the North West region with best access to a variety of Tourists attractions for visitors. It is one of the most beautiful s tates in US, with heavenly scenic captures of nature and forests.
    People coming to Washington have increased in the last 10 years and so has tourism. Washington needs to target the Indian community coming from Andhra Pradesh and build an awareness in India about the state and take tourism to a different height.
    State should focus on making Washington as a hub for travelers from India. Washington is known as the Evergreen State and there are endless discoveries the state has to offer. Few of them are - Wild Life Exploration,Two-Wheeled Adventures,Mt. Rainer Central Cascades,Daffodils in bloomLakes,Bluegrass Festival,Cruises,Wine and Cuisine,Arts, Cultures and Heritage,Scenic byways,Shopping relaxation and spectator Sports
    • Andhra Pradesh Tourism Andhra Pradesh is promoted by tourism department as Koh-i-Noor of India. Andhra Pradesh is the home of many religious pilgrim centers. They are Tirupati, the abode of Hindu god Venkateswara, Srisailam, in Nallamala Hills is the abode of Mallikarjuna. Amaravati's Shiva temple is one of the Pancharamams, as is Yadagirigutta, the abode of an avatara of Vishnu, Lakshmi Narasimha. The Ramappa temple and Thousand Pillars temple in Warangal are famous for their temple carvings.